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Article 1: Interpreting Organizational Culture

Susan R. Glaser, Sonia Zamanou, and Kenneth Hacker. Measuring and Interpreting Organizational Culture. Management Communication Quarterly 1987 1: 173-198.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the organizational themes that emerged in the development of the organizational culture survey.
2. Outline the effect of uncertainty on the organization and explain why this effect is the result in this study.      

Article 2: Organizational Climate

E. Thomas Moran and J. Fredericks Volkwein. The Cultural Approach to the Formation of Organizational Climate. Human Relations 1992 45: 19-47.

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Explain and characterize the approaches to the formation of organizational climate and their importance.
2. Explain specifically the extent to which individual perceptions and interactions are influenced by organizational culture.
3. Compare and contrast organizational climate and organizational culture.